The Transformative Role of Law Clinics in Spanish and Italian Legal Education

This chapter explores the transformative impact of legal clinics on legal education in Spain and Italy. It critiques traditional legal positivism and highlights how clinical legal education fosters critical thinking, social engagement and practical skills. The chapterIt examines the structural crises affecting constitutional guarantees, access to justice, and education, emphasizing how clinics respond to these challenges by promoting human rights and supporting marginalized groups, particularly migrants. Legal clinics are presented not merely as pedagogical tools, but as agents of social change, reconnecting universities with societal needs. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and real-world casework, they reshape legal knowledge and practice, advocating for a more just and inclusive legal system rooted in constitutional and international principles